John William Cunliffe

John William Cunliffe (January 20, 1865 - 1946) was a scholar and writer. He was a professor and English department chairman at Columbia University and also directed the school's journalism department. He was born in England.

Career
Cunliffe was one of the contributing editors to the Library of the World's Best Literature. He coauthored an introduction to one of the revised, updated, and expanded editions. He was succeeded at Columbia by Carl W. Ackerman.

In March 1928, Columbia University Press announced a plan to publish a survey of literature chaired by Cunliffe. Columbia University has a collection of English department correspondence that includes Cunliffe.